11 including three CPM local leaders get life imprisonment in TP case

KOZHIKODE: Eranhipalam Special Additional Sessions Court judge R Narayana Pisharady awarded life imprisonment to 11 accused including three CPM local leaders found guilty in RMP leader T P Chandrasekharan murder case. 31st accused M K Pradeepan aka Lambu has been sentenced to three years.

Those awarded life imprisonment are M C Anoop (1st accused), Manoj Kumar aka Kirmani Manoj (2nd accused), N K Sunil Kumar aka Kodi Suni (3rd accused), T K Rajeesh (4th accused), K K Mohammed Shafi (5th accused), Annan Shijith (6th accused), K Shinoj (7th accused), K C Ramachandran (8th accused), member of the Kunnummakkara local committee Manojan aka Trouser Manojan (11th accused), former branch secretary of Kadanganpoyil of the CPI(M) P K Kunhanandan (13th accused) and member of the Panur area committee of the CPI (M) P V Rafeeque (18th accused).

A fine of Rs 50,000 each has been imposed on the first seven accused.  K C Ramachandran, Trouser Manoj and P K Kunhanandan have to pay an amount of Rs 100, 000 each as fine.  

The first seven accused were found guilty under Section 302, 143, 147 and 149 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The accused from second to seventh were found guilty under Section 148. However the second and third accused was also convicted under Sections of the Explosive Substances Act.

T P Chandrasekharan was murdered on May 4 in 2012 at Onchiyam.  Out of the total 76 accused, 22 were acquitted earlier. Out of the 36 who faced trial, 24 were acquitted on January 22. 

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